| I. Foreword On the occasion of the 9th International Congress of Genetics held at Bellagio, Italy, August 29, 1953, twenty six geneticists, representatives of nineteen different countries, who are interested in wheat genetics, met to discuss important problems regarding wheat genetics with Dr. H. KIHARA, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, as chairman. Their names are listed on pages 2-3. The main decisions of the meeting were as follows: (1) WIS (Wheat Information Service) will be published from the Laboratory of Genetics, Biological Institute, Kyoto University, Japan, as a medium of information and exchange of methods, materials and stocks, results and ideas for the promotion of the international cooperation in wheat genetics. (2) Plant Industry Station, U.S.D.A., Beltsville, Maryland, U. S. A,. will be the center, where genetic wheat material will be collected and maintained, and the Laboratory of Genetics, Kyoto University, Japan will be the corresponding center for Aegilops. (3) International Wheat Symposium will be held in 1956, if possible, in Japan. The present issue of WIS is one of the results of the Bellagio meeting. It includes: (1) informations on genetic stocks of Triticum, Aegilops and Agropyron at Kyoto University; (2) proposed rules for nomenclature and symbolization of genes, and standardized system of gene symbols in wheats; (3) information on a film, "Origin of Wheat", and other items. At the present time there are no definite enrolled members of WIS. Anyone who is interested in wheat genetics may subscribe without membership fee for the publications from No. 1 through No. 4, which will be published biennally. For further publications, your co-operation is greatly appreciated. The number of copies prepared for the present issue is 1,000, and they will be distributed upon request. The cost of the present publication has been defrayed by contributions by the following Japanese organizations, for which we wish to express our sincere thanks. Flour Millers Association, Tokyo, Japan Nisshin Flour Milling Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Nippon Flour Mills Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Showa Sangyo Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Nitto Flour Milling Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan Chiyoda Chemical Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan The Iyenohikari Association, Tokyo, Japan. |